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… Leaving the United States CMIP 21 · Decision to Come to Canada Time 0:01:51 Transcript They advertised in one of the … the Canadians offered me a job. And that's ultimately, those factors combined to get me here. Oral History 07.03.02RA with Richard Allon … Decision to Come to Canada - Richard Allon …
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… me the story where I was born. She told me I was born in Bhutan, which is a beautiful Himalayan country. I don’t remember living there, but I … 15 times to solve the problems of refugee but they are not successes. One day I heard news on a radio saying; UNHCR and other sponsor country … to improve myself. I get to use modern technology and to go to free classes to improve my English. Sometimes I feel lonely because I …
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… A young Martin Christensen (left), a young Catherine Christensen (right). We hear … adventure. Although it begins with a seasick girl, this is not one of those stories. This one is about lovesickness and two young … two heads together. That was our first beautiful kiss. We enjoyed the company of each other throughout our trip. We had many walks around the …
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… education, are we really enjoying our economy growth?” That was the moment we had that idea to change our life, to move somewhere. Two years later we arrived in Prince Edward Island. One snow storm day in December, we explained the Canadian education system to our sad kid; he wanted to go back to … My Boy, He is Seventeen by Lu …
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… As an eighteen-year-old army private, I arrived at the C.N.R. Station in Halifax, from Camp Borden, Ontario early one morning in October 1943. I was proud to join the military personnel …
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… She was a merchant vessel. She sailed out of Bremerhaven, Germany, the voyage lasting eleven days, many of which were violently … I was then an eighteen-year-old immigration girl, sailing alone, leaving my family behind on the outskirts of Salzburg, Austria. … fortunate to be among the early arrivals of D.P’s in this wonderful, free and prosperous country, my beloved Canada. To be here felt like …
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… in the middle of the summer, for I loved swimming and seldom had the chance to swim in salt water. During my spare time I walked to horse … The Pastor of the Lutheran Church came to visit me and invited me to come to the services on Windsor Street. I was told about English … to watch films shown to interested people. Both programs were offered free of charge and a big help in adjusting and feeling more at home in …
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… and started doing my presentation. My English wasn’t fluent like everyone else, and my class mate started laughing at me. I felt so … me a job. Three months later, I was in the restaurant working when the commandant and two other men came to take me away. I asked them in … me. They got me out of prison. I had no hope and I was surprised to be free. After four years of living in the camp, I moved to Kampala. I was …
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… in Schleswig Holstein. In fact, our house on Kaiser Strasse was completely destroyed after we left. After living in Malente for 11 … that gave me goosebumps. I was 13 at that time and the idea came, that one day, I was going to be on the other side. I had dreams of leaving … back to Montreal to make more money and the marriage fell apart. I was free again, moved to Vancouver, got a job with a French cosmetic …
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… few restrictions on immigration. The government of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald developed an open immigration policy to encourage the … Act of 1869 limited the number of passengers aboard each vessel to one person for every two tons of the ship’s total weight. Ship captains … returned to their port of departure. The governor-in-council (i.e. federal cabinet) also reserved the right to prohibit the entry of …